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Fox's telling "smoothiegate" hypocrisy

When inflation is up, so is hunger — but that's the part conservatives want to ignore

Salon

Momentous and precarious: WIC turns 50

"The promise of WIC has been that the program will be there for anyone who needs it. It's a promise worth keeping"

Salon

Jennifer Garner-Hamdi Ulukaya: ‘1 in 5 American kids may go to bed hungry tonight–and unprecedented attacks on the 50-year-old bipartisan WIC program could make the situation even worse’

'Our country has never turned its back on hungry children. But unless Congress acts to provide full funding by Jan. 19, we will have done just that.'

Fortune

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Struggles Persist for WIC Participants in Accessing Nutritious Food

Discover the challenges faced by low-income mothers in accessing WIC-approved items for their children. From store closures to limited availability, the st...

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Study bolsters evidence that severe obesity increasing in young US kids

A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children

The Independent UK

Why the hunger crisis is just beginning

Food bank demand is high, while donations are down. Meanwhile, WIC is under threat

Salon

House passes two-tiered stopgap bill to avert shutdown - Roll Call

The House easily passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending measure that would continue to fund the government into the new year.

Roll Call

Millions of American families struggle to get food on the table, report finds

17 million U.S. households were food insecure in 2022. That's 3.5 million more than the prior year. Families with children and people of color experienced higher than average rates of food insecurity.

WEKU

The vast importance of WIC for babies

"About 2 in 5 of the 3.7 million babies born in the U.S. in 2022 benefited from WIC"

Salon

2 in 5 US babies benefit from the WIC nutrition program

A monthly average of more than 6 million U.S. women, infants and young children received benefits in 2022 from the nutrition program known as WIC.

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"Extreme Republicans" want to cut WIC

How a chaotic feud among the House GOP could have led to 7 million Americans going hungry

Reason

Will the Government Shutdown Result in 'Hunger for Millions' as Reuters Claims?

When you use incorrect stats to bolster your claims, as Reuters did, all kinds of foolish conclusions follow.

WEKU

Millions of Americans will lose food assistance if the government shuts down

A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.

Roll Call

Vilsack sees shutdown taking away children's food, farmers' loans - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says millions of pregnant women, new mothers and children would lose food aid in a government shutdown.

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After infant formula crisis, lawmakers look to donor milk - Roll Call

Lawmakers want to make donor breast milk more mainstream but advocates warn the alternative comes with risk.

Reason

The FTC Is Investigating Anti-Competitive Baby Formula Contracts. Bad Federal Policy Is To Blame.

If the FTC wants to know why there's such a notable lack of competition within America's baby formula market, it ought to ask other parts of the federal bureaucracy.

The Conversation

Extra food assistance cushioned the early pandemic's blow on kids' mental health

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

Salon

Iowa GOP wants SNAP ban on fresh meat

The list also restricts purchases of bread, cheese, oil, salt and other food staples

Los Angeles Times

$7 a dozen? Why California eggs are so expensive — and increasingly hard to find

LOS ANGELES — Golden State shoppers are shelling out extreme prices for eggs, amid an outbreak of bird flu that has killed millions of hens and left local grocers struggling to stock cartons that comply with California law.

The Independent UK

USDA program keeps extra COVID-era money for fruits, veggies

U.S. agriculture officials have proposed changes to the federal program that helps pay the grocery bills for pregnant women, babies and young children

The Canberra Times

Canberra's top women in technology recognised

The Women in ICT (WIC) awards were held in Canberra on Friday night

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